what is the "lord of the flies"? use a quote which helped you understand the term.

Here is the source for the term "lord of the flies".
"The title is said to be a reference to a line from King Lear - "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods,  They kill us for their sport". (King Lear Act IV, Scene 1[1]) [citation needed] It may also be a reference to the Hebrew name Beelzebub (בעל זבוב, Baal-zvuv, "god of the fly", "host of the fly" or literally "Lord of the Flies"), a name sometimes used as a synonym for Satan.[3]